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E. SCHULTZ Nov. 8, 1927.

COIN BANK Filed 001.. 24. 1919 5 Sheets-Sheet l Nov. 8, 1927. 1,648,425E. SCHULTZ I COIN BANK Filed Oct. 24. 1 919 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Nov. 8,1927. I 1,648,425

E. SCHULTZ COIN BANK Filed Oct. 24. 1919 5 Sheets-'Sheet 3 Nov. 8, 1927.1,648,425

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E. SCHULTZ COIN BANK Filed Oct. 24. 1919 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 www-IlIllIIl/llll Patented Nov. 8, 1927.

EHQEEQ EDYVAED SCHULTZ, 31 MAYVZODD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGIJQB T6 AMEPLECANCAN COMPANY,

015 NEW YORK, Iii. 5., A CGEPORATIOEI EW' JERSEY.

COIN BANK.

This invention relates in general to coin banks and has more particularreference to coin banks adapted to automatically register and exhibitthe total or summation value of the coins deposited therein.

This invention has for itspriucipal object the provision of: a'coinregistering bank of much simpler construction than has heretofore beenusualand consequently 0t greatly chea aened cost of manufacture.

Another important object of the invention the provision of ellioientdurable banl: consisting ot tew par as of sturdy construe tion andunliltay to require frequent repair or replacement.

Another important object of the invention is the provision of .a bank ofthis character having novel and improved in ans for delivering the coinsto the money receptacle and accomplishing the adding in or" the value ofsaid coin.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a bank adapted toreceive and ister coins of predetermined denominat on and which will beunaliected by attempted manipulation with coins of other denomination.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a bank of thischaracter from which no manipulative or other parts will or; end out inposition to be easily damaged and to so construct and ariai saidmanipulative parts as to protect the bank from damage by reason of tooviolent or forceful manipulation.

Another important obiect of the invention is the provision of a bank ofthis character ofpleasing appearance and obviously adapted to bemanipulated in a novel and tascinoting fashion. In this connect'on itmight be mentioned thatban rs ot the class to which this belongs areusually given to children to encourage and induce them to save and myinvention contemplates in this connection a bank calculated to producethis resin to an unusually high degree.

Numerous other objects and advantages (it the invention will be apparentas ll; better understood from the following description which taken in.connection with the accompanying drawings discloses a pretcrr embodimentthereof.

Referring to the drawings Fig. 1.. is a perspective viewot ban-l;bodyi'ng my presentinvention.

constitute the top.

Fig. 2 s a. transverse section showing the method Oi assembling.

111g. 3, is a hor zontal section through the casingand showine' theoperating mechaiusms J11 plan.

ifig. l is a similar section through the casing taken vertically andshowing the ona I u k i crating mechanisms in elevation.

T1. r o J! 11g. is a perspective view of the nner iran e iorcarryingsaid operating mechains. V

Fgg. (his a perspective view otone part or tne co n. chute or drum.

J 7 is. a similar view of the operating disc comprising the remainingportion of the chute or drum.

l-ll of is a section takensubstantially on the line 1.2-l2 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 18., is a perspective view. of the carrying wheel. i p

i l and 15. are sections taken sulostantially on the lines l l l l and1515 respectively of F 4.

Fig. 16, is a sect-ion taken substantially on the line 16-16 of Fig. 3,and

Fip i leasable door which permits removal of the accumulated bankcontents when a predeormined sum has been collectedin the bank.

The speific embodiment of the invention present preferred and shown onthe drawtor thepurposes of illustrating the invenlcn comprises a casinghaving; a curved or undulating front wall 21, two side walls 22 and 23,a rear wall 24 and a bottom wall 25. The front Wall 21. in the presentin stance extends up vertically from. the bottom wall a short distanceand is curved rearwardly at 26 and then up from a point 2'? a1 uately toa point 28 near the top and on a radius of curvature of appreciablelength and thence ba-lron an upward incline at 29 and, is-continuedrearwardly at 31 to Viewing Fig 2, it will be noted that the trout andrear walls are formed of a single sheet appropriately bent. The sidewalls are'formed of sheets secured along; their edges t e. edges L 1?,is a perspective view of the re to form the body of the casing and thebottom 25 is provided with channel edges 32 which may receive andinterlock with flanges 33 of such body.

In tne front curved portion of the front wall are provided two openings3st which may be closed with celluloid or the like or may be left openand which serve to exhibit the amounts registered by the registeringmechanism and which represent the total deposits in the bank. The coinsare inserted into a transversely extending slot 35 in the front wall andalso into a, slot 36 extending into a manipulating member 87 foractuating the registering mechanism and delivering the coins into themoney receptacle all as will be presently fully described.

All the operative parts within the casing are mounted in and carried byan internal frame which is shown in 5 and in which they can all beassembled as a single unit and posi ioned thus assembled in the casing.This frame comprises a sheet of metal bent to form a central bottom lland side walls 42 and 43, said side walls being connected by front andback ties 44 which may be of sheet material having the ends 45 disposedthrough the side walls and bent over against them, the ends beingreduced in width and thrust through suitable apertures provided for thepurpose. The shape of each side wall is such as to cause it to lit upinto the top of the casing with the edges of the side walls in contactwith the front, top and back of the casing. Lugs or cars 46 are provided for insertion through appropriately located apertures in the frontand baclr wall and at the forward side the bottom wall 41 of the frameis provided with an upwardly bent yielding flange i? adapted to bepressed back by the front wall when the lugs 46 at the back are bentdown and thus yieldingly held in retracted position to firmly bin d theparts together against rattling.

The coin chute or drum into which the coins are received and from whichthey are ejected into the money lJOX consists in the present instance ofthe disk 37 and a companion member 40 (Figs. 6 and 7). The disk 3'?consists of a plate havi a serii'ated or knurled edge and perforated atits center at 49 for pivotal n'iounting upon PIT main shaft 51. Thecompanion member 40 comprises a portion 52 having a hub 53 perforated athe. for like mounting on the shaft 71- and having a flange offset-fromthe portion 52b a cylindrical part 55. The flange is adapted to besoldered, welded or otherwise secured to the disk 87 and is ofmaterially less diameter. The member 40 is slotted at 57 to provide aslot extending inwar ly in the general direction of the center of thedrum. which slot may if desired, be oll set from'the center slightly 'd'd' Th it as inlcate in It l s. 0 ano i, ,is so is adapted forregistration with the slot 35 of the casing and after the coin has beenplaced in it the chute or drum may be rotated by manipulating theserrated or protruding edge of the disc 87. At each actuation it isintended that the drum be turned through 360 degrees and the coin isdischarged, i. e. permitted to drop out, when the drum has been turnedsuniciently to present the coin to aslot 61 in the bottom wall ll of theframe. This occurs during the first half revolution. A guard 62 (Fig.extends up from the bottom of the frame and has an arcuate wall 63 toprevent the coin dropping out prematurely and a lip 6-1 is bent up fromthe bottom to insure the coin passing through the slot 61.

During the transfer movement of the coin from the slot 85 to the slot61, it is intended that it shall produce actuation of registeringmechanism which will now be described. Two register wheels 71 and 72 aremounted upon the shaft 5 Theregistry wheel 71 is in the present instancethe wheel which registers and displays the fractional parts of thedollar and the wheel 72 the wheel which registers and displays thenumber of dollars. These wheels are each of cylindrical form and theycarry suitable inoicia on their cylindrical faces. Each is or may be composed of two flanged disks 73 and 74 (Fig. 16), the flanges of oneoverlying the other and the two being secured together by friction andone of each of said pairs of dislrs preferably offsetat to provideextended bearing on the shaft 51. The lower order wheel, i. the centswheel has prefera y fastened to it a disk 77 from which has b n stampedand pressed outwardly a numb of actuating lugs 78 one such. lug beingpro- 'vided'for each eesired advance step of this wheel.

The coins in the chute are adapted at a predetermined point in theoperative part of the travel of the chute or drum to be thrust sidewiseinto engagement with a presented tooth or lug 78 to advance the lowerorder wheel one step. During the initial advancing movement the coinsare prevented from ;'ing the lugs 78 and the movement is atelycontrolled to within the desired predetermined limits. A perforatedpartition 81 (Fig. 8) having an aperture 82 to accommodate the shaft 51is arranged between the chute and the registering wheels and thispartition has lugs for insertion through the bottom wall of the frame.It provides an opening or perforation 84 (Figs. 8 and 14:) whichexposes. the lugs 78 successively for engagement by the coins. A portion85 (Fig. 5) of the right hand wall of the frame. is slit around threesides and bent inwardly to a form calculated to move the coin positivelyand transversely of the slot in the drum and through the perforation 84of the partition so that it engages the presented lug 7 8 withcertainty. In order to insure space forthis yieldingcoin shifting means85 a hub 86 is provided upon the right hand side of the drum through theinterposition of an appropriate drawn sheet metal member as may be seenin Fig. 16. After the coin has actuated the registering mechanism itarrives immediately over the slot 61 and a lip 87 extends out from therear edge of the opening 84 to provide a widened stop and this is inline with the lip or lug 64 of the bottom, so that the two preventfurther movement of the chute until the coin is deposited.

Reverse movement of the drum is prevented by a spring lock 88 (Fig. 15)fixed on the bottom wall near the front and extending rearwardly and upinto ratchet en gagement with the serrations in the disc edge. Theserrations are interrupted at 89 and 91 at appropriate locations topermit slight rearward movement of the drum to bring the slot in it inaccurate registration with the slots 35 and 61 respectively.

Overthrow of the lower order recording wheel is preventedby a springpressed bellcrank 92 (Fig. 14) having a curved flange 93 engagingbetween rounded teeth 94 provided in the edge of the disc 7 7 Thisbellcranlr is pivoted upon a cross shaft 95 and has its other armembraced by the upturned bifurcated end 96' of a sp'ring97.

The carrying mechanism from the lower to the higher order wheels isshown on the drawing (Figs. 10 to 13) but need not be described indetail, since it consists merely of the Geneva wheel 98 engaging drivingteeth 99 on. the adjacent face of the lower order wheel once at eachrevolution and driven teeth 101 on the adjacent face of the'higher orderwheel.

A door 111 closes a suitable opening 112 in left hand wall 23 and thisdoor is adapted to be opened when a predetermined sum, $10.00 in thepresent instance, has been collected in the bank. The door has adepressed center113 (Fig. 17) fitting within the opening. At its bottomis provided a downwardly extending flange 114C forming outwardlyextending lugs 115 for engagement behind the opening and at its top itisprovided with an inwardly extending arm 116 having a downturned orhooked end 117. A latch lever 118 (Fig. 5) has a tail 119 pivot-allypositioned through the bottom of the frame 11 and extends out through aslot 121 in the side wall 43 adjacent to the door. A spring 122 normallypresses upthe lever 118 so that its latch or hook 123 engages the turneddown or hooked end 117 of the door. An outwardly extending stamped lug124 is provided on the left hand face of the higher order or dollarswheel (Fig. 9) in proper position to preSS- down upon the lever andrel-ease the latch 123 from the hooked arm of the door when $10.00 haveaccumulated in the money box.

It will be manifest that the action of the coin on the: registeringmechanism is direct and the delicate parts are eliminated in markeddegree,.resulting in a simple, cheap and at the same time sturdy andeflicient construction.

It will of course be manifest that the bank of the drawing is adapted totake coins of a single denomination, in the present ins-ta11ce,.ten centpieces; It may however, as will be easily apparent, be constructed totake coins of any" particular denomination and when so constructed willnot be affected by and will not register coins of other denominations.Coins larger than the bank is intended to receive may be prevented frominsertion by restricting the size of the slot 35 and coins of smallerdenomination inserted in the bank may be prevented from registering byso constructing the coin shifter 85 that it will not move the coins overa sufficient distance to accomplish actuation of the" registeringmechanism.

It is thought that the invention and many of its attendant advantageswill be .understood from the foregoing without further description andit will be manifest that numerous changes may be made in the form,construction, and arrangement of the parts without departing from thespirit" and scope of the invention or sacrificing all of its materialadvantages, the form hereinbefore described being merely a preferredembodiment thereof.

I claim 1'. In a coin bank, the combination of registering wheels, amovable coin chute, into which the coins may be deposited, means forprojecting the coins ed'gewise from the side of the chute, and means ona registering wheel arranged for engagement by the coin while movingwith the chute to advance the registering wheels correspondingly.

2. In a coin bank, the combination of a registering wheel, a movablecoin chute, means for moving said chute and means operable during themovement of the chute to project a coin edg'ewise from the side of thechute and engage the coin. with the registering wheel to impart movementto the registering wheel with the chute and accomplish an advancingmovement of thereg isteringi wheel to indicate the added value or. thecoin.

3. I a coin bank, the combination of a registering wheel and a coinchute pivoted upon a common axis, and means for projecting a coinedgewise from the side of the chute and establishing engagement ofv theregistering wheel by a coin in. said chute to produce advance of said.registerin wheel.

4.1a a" bank, he 'ceinbinatio or a registering wheel and a coin chutepivoted upon a common axis and means for projecting a coin edgewise fromthe side of the chute and establishing engagement of the registeringwheel by a coin in said chute throughout an appropriate part of thepivotal movement of said chute to produce advance ot the registeringwheel.

5. In a coin bank, the combination of a registering wheel and a coinchute pivoted upon a common axis, means for preventing the establishmentof engagement of the registering wheel by a coin in the chute during apredetermined part of the movement of said chute, and means forprojecting a coin edgewise from the side of the chute and establishingengagement of the registering wheel by said coin in said chutethroughout a different predetermined portion of the movement of saidchute.

6. In a coin bank, the combination of a registering wheel, a ,pivotallymounted chute adapted to contain a coin in position to produce actuationof said registering wheel, and means for moving the coin edgewise acrossthe plane of movement of the chute into position to produce saidactuation of the registering Wheel at a predetermined point in themovement of said chute.

7 In a coin bank, the combination of aregistering wheel and a coin chutepivoted upon a common axis and means for thrusting a coin edgewisetransversely of the plane of movement of said chute and into engagementwith said registering wheel.

8. In a coin bank, the combination of a movable coin chute, meanswhereby it is controlled to have movement in one direction only, saidchute having at its inner part a lateral opening throu h which the coinmay move edgewise, a fixed partition at the side of said coin chute andhaving an opening through which the edge 0f the coin may project,registering mechanism at the other side of said partition adapted to beengaged by the coin when so projected through the opening.

9. In a coin bank, the combination of a rotatable coin chute, which isrotatable in one direction only, said chute having at its inner part a,lateral opening through which the coin may move edgewise, a fixedpartition at the side of said coin chute and having an opening throughwhich the edge of the coin may project, and registering mechanism at theother side of said partition adapted to be engaged by the coin when soprojected through the opening, said parti tion acting as a stop toarrest the movement of the coin and registering mechanism.

10. In a coin bank, the combination of a casing, registering mechanismwithin the casing, a coin chute for containing coins in position toproduce actuation of the registering mechanism, anda circular knurledmember having a coin slot and disposed partly without the casing formoving said chute, said casing having a coin slot with which said slotof the knurled member may coincide in its initial position.

11. In a coin bank, the combination of a registering mechanism, a coinchute, a per forated partition therebetween, and means for thrusting thecoin edgewise through the perforation and into engagement with theregistering mechanism to produce actuation of the latter.

12. In a-coin bank, the combination of a registering mechanism, a coinchute, and a perforated partition therebetween, a coin in said chutebeing movable through the pertoration into engagement with theregistering mechanism to produce actuation of the latter, said partitioncontrolling the coin from said movement until the proper time to effectaccurate registration.

13. In a coin bank, the combination of registering mechanism, arotatable coin chute adapted to contain coins in position to causeactuation of the registering mechanism and a knurled ratchet and pawlfor insuring rotation 01" the coin chute in a single direction, saidratchet having a coin slot and extending out as a handle for rotatingthe chute for a complete rotation.

14. In a coin bank, the combination of a rotatable coin chute, which isrotatable in one direction only, said chute having at its inner part alateral opening through which the coin may move edgewise, a fixedpartition at the side of said coin chute and having an opening throughwhich the edge of the coin may project, registering mechanism at theother side of said partition adapted to be engaged by the coin when soprojected through the opening, and a cam element acting to force thecoin into engagement with the registerin mechanism, said partitionacting as a stop to arrest the movement of the coin and registeringmechanism.

15. In a coin bank, the combination of acoin chute, which is rotatablein one direction only, said chute having at its inner part a lateralopening through which the coin may move edgewise, a circular ratchetflange on the coin chute by which it may be manipulated, said flangehaving a coin slot, a pawl engaging said flange to control the :movementof the coin chute, a fixed partition at the side of said coin chute andhavlng an opening through Which the edge of the coin may project,registering mechanism at the other side of said partition adapted to beengaged by the coin when so projected through the opening, saidpartition acting as a stop to arrest the movement of the coin andregistering mechanism.

16. In a coin bank, the combination of a casing having a slot adapted toreceive a coin, a registering mechanism within the casing forregistering the amount of the coin, and a manually operable circularmember pivotally mounted within the casin and having means for operatingsaid registering mechanism, and continuously located in andextendingthrough said slot.

17. In a coin bank, the combination of a casing, a coin carrier mountedWithin the casing for complete rotation about its own 10 axis, said coincarrier having a disk part extending through the casing in position topermit the edge to be engaged by the op erator to rotate the carrier aregisteringmechanism engageahle by a coin during rotation of thecarrier, and means holding the coin in the carrier until it has passedsaid registering mechanism whereby to prevent premature release of thecoin.

EDWARD SCHULTZ.

